Newsweek reported that Iran has sent deadly drones to Yemen as tensions rose in the Middle East amid flashpoint tension on the Red Sea among rivals.
In satellite imagery provided by Newsweek and also confirmed by experts that Iran has sent its deadliest Shahid 136 drones better known as "Suicide Drones" to Yemeni province Al-Jawf controlled by Ansar Allah or Houthi Zaidi Shia Muslim rebels. The Drones have loitering mutations and the deadliest weapon.
The Iranian have already delivered advanced UAVs to their counterparts in Yemen They have a variety of Targets that may spoil Middle-East Peace. especially Saudi Arabia.
These unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs have an effective range of around 2,000 to 2,200 Km but can be roughly around 1240 to 1270 km which are a direct threat to the Middle East where already tensions are at peak.
The experts believe that the target is Saudi or Israeli or maybe some of USA post in the Middle East. This is a camouflage to divert the attention to Yemen rebels rather than Iran who is masterminding the whole game.
The latest development comes when Iran's top general Mohammad Hossein Baqeri revealed on Wednesday Iran's intentions to send warships for Patroling.
The Iranian General Baqeri said the Iranian merchant vessels are facing limited aggressions and Iran reserves its right to protect its oil and commercial fleets in this region.
Baqeri upon unveiling 2 new warships the Zereh missile launcher and Makran helicopter carrier proclaimed that Iran will not allow any muscle pull in this region. Iranian Naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and Iran's latest Drone dills have already ignited tensions in the region.
Vessels from other nation have also been lately targeted in the Red sea an unidentified landmine hit a vessel on Christmas Day by a sea mine which allegedly was planted by Ansar Allah.
Saudi vessels have already been targeted in the region by Iran in the Gulf Of Oman which feeds into the Strait of Hormuz the world's most important maritime oil check plant. Saudi oil sites in Abqaiq were hit in 2019 by Ansar Allah which Saudia USA and other allies put the blame on Tehran behind the blast
The Suez Canal and Babel-Mandeb are the prominent entry point to the Red Sea. The area is surrounded by Egypt, Eritrea Saudi Arabia Sudan, and Israel along with Jordan who has access via the Gulf of Aqaba.
According to footage published by the Associated Press Israel has deployed its Dome and Patriot Missile batteries to the Red Sea southern resort City of Eilat.Access to the Red Sea from the Mediterranean as granted by Egypt in Suez Canal an Israeli submarine sailed via the same route which has escalated tensions across the Middle East.
Around the same time, the U.S military submarine also sailed through the Strait of Hormuz. The US openly admitted that its Nuclear powered submarine sailed in the same water
President Donald Trump during his term canceled the 2015 deal with Iran and strangled as well crippled the Iranian economy by putting a Harsh ban on Exports from Iran but as his term has ended there is a shadow of a doubt about what comes next.
The Killing of Iranian Top Commander Qassem Soleimani has already sparked tension among the rivals who were murdered along with a top Iraqi paramilitary official last year at Baghdad International Airport.
Soleimani was the mastermind behind Lebanon Hezbollah, Iraq Popular Mobilization Forces, and Yemen Ansar Allah the later emerged as engaged in a civil war with Saudi-led forces in Yemen. Iran and Ansar Allah still deny any Link or Military ties.
Trump administration labeled the Iranian group as a Terrorist organization barring the other world countries who were trying to help Iran who is facing the Human crisis as well as the Yemeni who are badly affected by the on-going war.
Pompeo described Ansar Allah as a terrorist group that is trying to stop commercial shipping in the region and all its activities as a threat to Peace,
Anser Allah spokesman Nasreddin Amer called this move Un-ethical and an attempt to destabilize the peace process and called it lacking sensibility
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh also took note of these humanitarian implications and criticized the longstanding U.S. support for a Saudi-led air campaign that has drawn accusations of human rights violations.
"This is the latest effort by the Trump administration to complete its destructive role in line with the shameful imposition of war on Yemen," Khatibzadeh said.
Iranian officials have criticized a number of other high-profile, controversial foreign policy moves announced by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the final days of the Trump administration, including last Thursday's designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism and Tuesday's attempt to link Iran to Sunni Islamist militant group Al-Qaeda, which is also active in Yemen.
"These preposterous, false accusations are nothing new, and only reinforce the fact that the Trump administration is desperately continuing their failed policy of Iran-bashing," Iranian permanent mission to the United Nations spokesperson Alireza Miryousefi told Newsweek shortly after Pompeo's speech.
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